Entrevista a enrique dussel biography
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34 Transmodernity: Enrique Dussel
Rakesh M Krishnan and Sujata Patel
- Who is Enrique Dussel?
Enrique Dussel (b1934)
I would never have discovered what it means to be a Latin American solely from textbooks. Quite the contrary: It was sitting in European classrooms that made me feel like a barbarian from the Third World.
Dussel: 1998: 21
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Enrique Dussel is a Latin American philosopher (http://enriquedussel.com/Home_en.html) who has problematised the concept of modernity. Along with other Latin American scholars like Walter Mignolo and Anibal Quijano, Dussel belongs to a tradition of de-colonial scholarship. This tradition of scholarship argues that knowledge is not produced independent of geopolitical considerations; in fact this tradition underscores the importance of the processes, institutions and events that shape the production of knowledge. A fuller exposition of thi
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By Katya Colmenares Lizarraga
Enrique Domingo Dussel Ambrosini is the most relevant contemporary philosopher of the global south. He has written more than 75 books and 450 articles, translated into at least eight languages, and he is the most important representative of the Philosophy of Liberation, a critical philosophy of worldwide scope at the service of the liberation of the victims, the oppressed and the excluded in the face of any system of domination.
He holds a philosophy and theology degree, a doctorate in history and philosophy, a professor and researcher emeritus, and a rector of the University of Mexico City (2014). His work earned him 11 honorary doctorates and awards, such as the Franz Fanon Prize (2009), the Aristotle Medal of Unesco (2012), and the Liberator Prize for Critical Thought (2010). He chaired for 25 years (1968-1993) the Commission for the Study of the History of the Church in Latin America and the Caribbean (Cehila), during which time he contributed t
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08.51. Transmodernity_Enrique Dussel
Role Name Affiliation Subject Coordinator Prof Sujata Patel Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad Paper Coordinator Dr Dev N Pathak Content Writer Rakesh M Krishnan National Coordinator South Asian University, New Delhi Research Scholar, Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad Content Reviewer Language Editor Technical Conversion Module Structure Transmodernity_Enrique Dussel Who is Enrique Dussel; Two Concepts of Modernity; Philosophy of Liberation and Dussel; Trans-modernity: Recovering the concept and Dussel’s position on modernity; Evaluation; Conclusion; References Description of the Module Items Description of the Module Subject Name Sociology Paper Name Contemporary Social Theory Module Name/Title Transmodernity_Enrique Dussel Module Id 8.5 Pre Requisites None Objectives This module seeks to critically engage with the concept of transmodernity as developed bygd Enrique Dussel. Key words Transmodernity, Decolonisation of